Jeff and All,

I completely agree with your statements.  Good on you!

peace and love,

Chris



>This question gets at the heart of "practice what you preach" in adult 

>education (at least in my opinion):  the art of facilitating multi-level 

>classrooms, integrating the strategy of peer tutoring, review and 

>reinforce of learning, building on learners' prior knowledge.  These ideas 

>that we suggest be a fundamental part of the learning environment for our 

>adult learners in basic skills programs should be the same ideas that we 

>build our PD around:   build on participants' prior knowledge, network and 

>share ideas, engage more experienced participants to extend dialogue, or 

>challenge the more experienced participants to extend or reinforce what 

>they know (or think they know).  I think it's important to know your 

>audience ALWAYS - and never plan an event so tightly that it isn't 

>flexible enough to adjust to the varied experience of your audience.

>

>Jeff Fantine

>Director, Literacy Center

>College of Education

>Ohio University

>338 McCracken Hall

>Athens, OH  45701

>800-753-1519

>fax:  740-593-2834

>

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